Non-refillable bottle.



No. s5a,|45. Patented Sept. I8, 1900. P. .1. GERMAIN.- NON-BEFILLA'BLE BOTTLE.-

(Application filed Dec. 12, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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ANITED gTATES PETER J. GERMAIN, OF QUINCY ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS.

NON-'REFILEABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .Patent N0. 658,145, dated September 18, 1900.

Application filed December 12, 1899. Serial No. 740 095. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER J. GERMAIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Quincy Adams, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to non-refillable bottles and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through the neck of a bottle constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a crosssection taken on the line m a; in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the stopper.

A is the neck of the bottle, and bis a cylindrical portion at the top of the neck.

B is a chamber below the portion b and of larger area than the said portion.

0 is a narrow passage below the chamber B.

D is a valve which rests in the passage C and normally closes it. The valve D is preferably a ball-valve provided with a depending weight 01 to hold it in position. The bottle is filled with liquid before the valve is placed in position, and the valve permits the liquid to be poured out and prevents more liquid from being poured into the' bottle.

E is the stopper, which engages with the cylindrical portion b of the neck. The upper part of the stopper is formed of hard material, such as glass, which cannot be engaged by a corkscrew or any of the appliances ordinarily used for extracting corks or stoppers from the necks of bottles. The lower part of the stop per is provided with a ring 6 of soft packing per is forced into the neck of the bottle, as

openings, and a spring between the apices of the said wedges in the narrow part of the shown in the drawings, until its top is flush with the top edge of the bottle-neck, and when once driven in it cannot be extracted.

The bottle is opened by forcing the stopper downward into the chamber B, as shown by 0 dotted lines in Fig. 1,which permits the liquid to be poured past it, and the presence of the stopper in the chamber Bis evidence that the bottle has been opened.

The stopper is provided with a slot f,which 5 5 extends transversely through it, and g represents blocks which are slidable in the said slot. A spring h is inserted in the slot between the adjacent ends of the blocks and forces them outward when the stopper is forced into the f is narrow in the middle and has a wide flaring opening at each end. The blocks g are shaped like blunt wedges and are inserted in the slot with their apices adjacent to each other and with the spring 1 between their apices. Their wedge-like form prevents them from sticking in the slot and permits the spring to force them outward easily when the stopper is pushed in.

What I claim is In a non-refillable bottle, the combination, with a bottle-neck provided with a cylindrical portion, and a chamber of larger area beneath it; of a cylindrical stopper of hard material provided with a packing-ring at its lower part and having a transverse slot which is narrow in the middle and hasa flaring opening at each end, blunt wedges arranged inthe said slot, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER J. GERMAIN.

Witnesses:

NELsoN M.'ACKERSON, ALICE J. MURRAY. 

